Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_1166" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="What happened to get Cliff in this predicament"][/caption] Apparently the folks in Fayetteville Tennessee objected to Cliff fishing without a fishing licence in the local city fountain/park. Cliff called some folks (Ellen or was it Elvis) who pulled a few strings and he was let out on bail for good behavior. Cliff quickly beat it... Read more

Excerpt: Cliff has always been a big fan of Elvis so it seemed logical that he head in the direction of Memphis on Amtrak. Maybe Cliff will pick up some new hair style ideas and ditch the orange hat Needing wheels to get around the state of the King of Rock and Roll, Cliff stopped in at the friendliest Hertz... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_1152" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="1st stop"][/caption] Cliff heard about the water parks in the Wisconsin Dells and decided it would be a good idea to sharpen up on his swimming skills before taking the plunge. Unfortunately he missed the requirement to shave. He scared a few small children in his speedo and he decided it was time to head out... Read more

Excerpt: Cliff got fan mail from his youngest fan. The 2nd half of the letter particularly got his attention Never hurts to try:) [caption id="attachment_1143" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Very Frozen Lake"][/caption] With the cold week this week the lake is definitly a long way from going out. Due to that fact..... Cliff decided enough was enough and followed the rules and... Read more

Excerpt: Because my finger would freeze to the camera shutter if I tried to take more. I hear that spring is official in one week... Read more

Excerpt: Cliff feeling the storm coming and hunkering down. We are supposed to be getting 4 inches of snow tonight. Spring is on hold for a few days. To cheer Cliff up I emailed his favorite TV personality, Ellen. Will Ellen ever call Cliff? He is waiting....... Lake looking lonely and no melting today The slush from the last few... Read more

Excerpt: Temps went down below zero with 40 mile per hour winds last night and this morning. Cliff was not enjoying his night on the lake. The sun was rising to warm him up but it was not a warm sun with the wind. I am sure there was no ice melting under Cliff last night. This may be a... Read more

Excerpt: The sun came out and drove the bad MoJo away from the resort that seemed to be surrou... Read more

Excerpt: With the warm sun came better Karma in the resort. The flu seems to be ebbing and everyone including this bunny came out of winter dull drums. This rabbit has been spending the winter under the green boats. This is no dumb bunny. 25 feet from its dry home under the boats is the compost pile of the old... Read more

Excerpt: Short update before the hard drive locks up. New computer arrived today, YEAH. Bad news is my computer air card does not fit in the slot for internet connection... So it is off to Alltel tomorrow to see if I can connect through a cell phone instead of the air card. Either that or send back the new computer...... Update... Read more

Excerpt: March 1st means one thing Ice Out Contest 2009 is here and Cliff is returning to the lake for his 5 time waiting to sink into Lower Kaubashine the day the ice goes out. What day will it be? Troy helping Cliff make sure that his head is secure for his ordeal on the ice for the next month... Read more